Nazare Big Wave Challenge Gets Yellow Alert, Could Run Saturday in Giant Waves
70-foot plus waves predicted for Portuguese big wave tow surfing competition.
Surf Forecasts:
Sangatte surfForecast / Nord – Pas de Calais / France
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 CETForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Today's Sangatte sea temperature is
11.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Sangatte today?
The current surf forecast for Sangatte at 8AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 4s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 5s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Sangatte. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 77 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:58AM 6.40 | 5:32PM 6.22 | 6:00AM 6.04 | 6:40PM 5.89 | 7:10AM 5.82 | 7:53PM 5.74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:03PM 1.72 | 12:31AM 2.03 | 12:58PM 2.02 | 1:27AM 2.33 | 1:58PM 2.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 8:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:47 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 4:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:45 | - | - | - |
 | |  | | |  | |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Sangatte surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest